Senate’s overall function is to protect the interests of the counties and their governments. Article 96 of the Constitution provides that the Senate has a role in-

1.     Law -making;

2.     Determining allocation of national revenue among counties as per Article 217 of the Constitution and overseeing national revenue allocated to county governments; and

Jeremiah M. Nyegenye is the Clerk of the Senate of the bicameral Parliament of Kenya and the Secretary of the Parliamentary Service Commission. He has served in these positions since 2013.

Mr. Nyegenye is an alumnus of the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford where he attended the Executive Public Leaders Programme in 2019. He holds both a Bachelor of Laws degree and a Master of Laws degree (majoring in Public International Law) from the University of Nairobi and a Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law.

The Right Honourable Amason Jeffah Kingi, EGH,  Speaker of the Senate, Republic of Kenya is a lawyer by profession, an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and a member of the Law Society of Kenya. He holds a Law Degree (LLB) from the University of Nairobi and a Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law.

The Standing Committees shall be as set out in the Second Schedule of the Standing Orders. Standing Order 208 provides for the establishment of Standing Committees whose members are appointed by the Rules and Business Committee in consultation with parliamentary parties/ coalitions at the commencement of every Parliament. A Senator appointed to a Standing Committee at the commencement of a Parliament or at any other time during the term of that Parliament shall, unless the Senate otherwise resolve, serve for the term of that Parliament.